Showing posts with label Double Irish Chain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Double Irish Chain. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Auer Wedding Quilt


PATTERN:
Double Irish Chain
From “Irish Chain in a Day – Single & Double”
by Eleanor Burns
Second Edition – September 2004

FABRIC:
Background (Block A, Block B, First Border, Binding) = 6 yards
Kona Buttercup Yellow cotton
Purchased at Jo Ann Fabric and Craft, Madison (west)

Center Chain (Block A, Block B, Second Border) = 5 yards
Blue Bouquet by Skipping Stones Studio (yellow)
Purchased at Patches and Petals in Barneville, WI

Outer Chain (Block A, Block B, Third Border) = 3 yards
Gypsy Princess by Hoffman California
Purchased at Patches and Petals in Barneville, WI




BACKING = 4 yards (wide quilt backing fabric)
Egyptian Cotton – White
Purchased from Nancy Notions online store

BATTING:
Warm and Natural
Natural cotton batting
JoAnn Fabrics

DETAILS:
Embroidered with pattern from the Flourishing Lovebirds Design Pack. (www.emblibrary.com)




Top completed – January 2011
Quilting by – Karen Whitaker
Finished – April 2011







Thursday, November 11, 2010

Ivey Baby 1


PATTERN:
Double Irish Chain
From “Irish Chain in a Day – Single & Double”
by Eleanor Burns
Second Edition – September 2004

FABRIC:
Purchased at Mill House Quilts
Waunakee, WI



Machine embroidered; Straight diagonal quilting in blue thread. Hand quilted border.



Completed – November 2007

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Northwoods Queen


Pattern:
Double Irish Chain
From “Irish Chain in a Day – Single & Double”
by Eleanor Burns
Second Edition – September 2004

Fabric:
Purchased at Mill House Quilts
Waunakee, WI
http://www.millhousequilts.com/?gclid=CNmP7dfX56QCFSVL5wodG2Jq2g

Northwoods theme. Used as a gift for a friends' in-laws cabin bedroom.
Machine embroidered using patterns from: http://www.emblibrary.com
Bear Corner

Moose Corner

Mountain Border



Straight diagonal quilting in clear thread.

Completed – November 2008

Block A

Block B

completed top with embrodiery

Completed top

Quilting

Friday, October 22, 2010

Ivey Baby Quilt - 2


Pattern:
Double Irish Chain
From “Irish Chain in a Day – Single & Double”
by Eleanor Burns
Second Edition – September 2004

Fabric:
Purchased at Mill House Quilts
Waunakee, WI
http://www.millhousequilts.com/?gclid=CNmP7dfX56QCFSVL5wodG2Jq2g

Completed Block A
Completed Block B

Completed Quilt

Since such a busy fabric was used for the background, no extra embellishment on this quilt. Straight quilting.

Completed - March 2009

Ivey Baby Quilt - 3


Pattern:
Double Irish Chain
From “Irish Chain in a Day – Single & Double”
by Eleanor Burns
Second Edition – September 2004


Fabric:
Cotton fabric purchased at Jo Ann's Craft's in Goshen, Indiana.

Completed Quilt


Quilted with white thread on top, and red thread on back. Straight, diagional quilting.